The Veitnam War

Alex Stoy

U.S. involvement escalated in the early 1960s, with U.S. troop levels tripling in 1961 and tripling again in 1962.

U.S. combat units were deployed beginning in 1965. Operations spanned borders, with Laos and Cambodia heavily bombed. Involvement peaked in 1968 at the time of the Tet offensive. After this, U.S. ground forces were withdrawn as part of a policy called Vietnamzation.

The war lasted from november 1, 1955 to april 30, 1975